| B | benzaldehyde |
| CE | continuity equation |
| DMF | dimethylformamide |
| E1, E2 | end product 1 and 2 (jasmin aldehyde and (Z)-2-pentylnon-2-enal) |
| GC-MS | gas chromatography mass spectrometry |
| H | heptanal |
| HPLC | high pressure liquid chromatography |
| NC | number of components |
| ODR | orthogonal distance regression |
| RSSQ | residual sum of squares |
| S | selectivity (mol·mol−1) |
| t | reaction time (dep.) |
| T | temperature (°C) |
| UNIFAC | UNIQUAC (universal quasichemical) functional-group activity coefficients |
| W | water |
| X | conversion (mol·mol−1) |
| * | ‘A*B’ signifies the product of the activity coefficients for compound A and B |